Category: Environment

By P.T. Bopanna Dr S.V. Narasimhan (in picture), an avid bird-watcher and medical practitioner from Virajpet in Coorg, makes it a point to send me hand-painted wildlife message cards every year without fail. This year...

A CRY FROM THE HEART From: Air Marshal K.C. Cariappa (Retd), Madikeri, Kodagu To: The Honorable Prime Minister of India, New Delhi I write this plea on behalf of my fellow citizens of Kodagu (Coorg), a...

By P.T. Bopanna The Congress government in Karnataka headed by chief minister Siddaramaiah is engaged in a diabolical game plan to remove the ‘deemed forest’ tag from devarakadus (sacred groves) in Kodagu (Coorg) district...

By P.T. Bopanna Is the Karnataka government dancing to the tune of Kerala timber lobby yet again to dilute the Kasturirangan report? The report seeks to protect the fragile ecosystem in the Western Ghats,...

Karnataka’s principal chief conservator of forests G. V. Sugur has maintained that forest cover in Kodagu has increased, contrary to the perception that forests have been “disappearing” in the ecologically sensitive areas in the Western...

SIDDU-MODI BHAI BHAI! KARNATAKA CHIEF MINISTER SIDDARAMAIAH HAD CALLED PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI A ‘MASS MURDERER’ IN THE RUN-UP TO THE LAST LOK SABHA ELECTION. THE GOVERNMENTS HEADED BY THE SWORN POLITICAL ENEMIES NOW...

“The world is still beautiful, upside-down, not your future!”, says a hand-painted wildlife message card sent to me by my friend and Virajpet-based physician Dr S.V. Narasimhan. Dr Narasimhan’s message is very true...